Questions & Answers about Jag längtar efter dig när du reser.
Because längta efter is the normal Swedish expression for to long for / to miss someone or something.
- längta by itself means to long / to yearn
- efter is the preposition that usually goes with it when you say what or who you long for
So:
- Jag längtar. = I’m longing / yearning.
- Jag längtar efter dig. = I long for you / I miss you.
This is something you mostly just learn as a fixed combination: längta efter någon/något.
Because dig is the object form of du.
Compare:
- du = you, as the subject
- dig = you, as the object
In this sentence:
- Jag is the subject
- längtar efter is the verb expression
- dig is the object of the preposition efter
So Swedish works like English here:
- you travel → du reser
- I miss you → jag längtar efter dig